LEADER 03029nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910778025203321 005 20230721022254.0 010 $a1-282-13120-6 010 $a9786612131202 010 $a0-8157-0167-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000785832 035 $a(EBL)472674 035 $a(OCoLC)503441843 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136574 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11152563 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136574 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084497 035 $a(PQKB)10222589 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472674 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35267 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472674 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10338436 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL213120 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000785832 100 $a20080922d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy is a good thing$b[electronic resource] $eessays on politics, society, and culture in contemporary China /$fYu Keping 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aThe Thornton Center Chinese thinkers series 300 $aTranslated from Chinese. 311 $a0-8157-2218-4 311 $a0-8157-9694-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-205) and index. 327 $aDemocracy is a good thing -- The study of political science and public administration in China : an overview -- The seventeenth Party Congress and the agenda for China's political reforms -- China's civil society : conceptual definitions, types, and background -- The characteristics of Chinese civil society : administrative regulations and institutional environment -- Civil society organizations : challenges and responses -- Culture and modernity in the Chinese intellectual discourse : a historical perspective -- The transformation of Chinese culture since the launching of reform : a historical perspective -- China's economic modernization and sustainability -- Harmony between man and nature : China's environmental practices and challenges -- Preserving China's autonomy in the era of globalization -- Federalism in modern China : concepts and experiments -- A harmonious world and global governance : a Chinese perspective. 330 $a"Presents selections of works of Yu Keping, a Chinese intellectual and figure in official think tanks, on politics and democracy that reveal the ongoing debates in Chinese political and intellectual circles on democratic reform and where China's political development is heading"--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aThornton Center Chinese thinkers series. 606 $aDemocracy$zChina 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.951 700 $aYu$b Keping$0505679 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778025203321 996 $aDemocracy is a good thing$9804754 997 $aUNINA